smeygja

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *smaugijaną.

Verb

smeygja (past participle smeygðr)

1. to slip [with dative]

Conjugation

Conjugation of smeygja — active (weak class 1)

infinitive	smeygja
present participle	smeygjandi
past participle	smeygðr
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	smeygi	smeygða
2nd-person singular	smeygir	smeygðir
3rd-person singular	smeygir	smeygði
1st-person plural	smeygjum	smeygðum
2nd-person plural	smeygið	smeygðuð
3rd-person plural	smeygja	smeygðu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	smeygja	smeygða
2nd-person singular	smeygir	smeygðir
3rd-person singular	smeygi	smeygði
1st-person plural	smeygim	smeygðim
2nd-person plural	smeygið	smeygðið
3rd-person plural	smeygi	smeygði
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	smeyg, smeygi
1st-person plural	smeygjum
2nd-person plural	smeygið

Conjugation of smeygja — mediopassive (weak class 1)

infinitive	smeygjask
present participle	smeygjandisk
past participle	smeygzk
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	smeygjumk	smeygðumk
2nd-person singular	smeygisk	smeygðisk
3rd-person singular	smeygisk	smeygðisk
1st-person plural	smeygjumsk	smeygðumsk
2nd-person plural	smeygizk	smeygðuzk
3rd-person plural	smeygjask	smeygðusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	smeygjumk	smeygðumk
2nd-person singular	smeygisk	smeygðisk
3rd-person singular	smeygisk	smeygðisk
1st-person plural	smeygimsk	smeygðimsk
2nd-person plural	smeygizk	smeygðizk
3rd-person plural	smeygisk	smeygðisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	smeygsk, smeygisk
1st-person plural	smeygjumsk
2nd-person plural	smeygizk

Related terms

• smjúga

Descendants

• Faroese: smoyggja
• Norwegian Nynorsk: smøya, smøye

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “smeygja”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive